Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-08
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
At Chicago, long string Of wagons
and cars were moving along Clark street
when man started to cross the street
through gap in the line between q truck
ana an express wagon. A car in frontOf
the expressman was obliged to pull up
s sndpden!y, just as the NAN was crossing
Inc ta1l-board of the wagon was down, II
caught the unfortunate fellow on one side
OF the mead and at the same instant the
pole OF the truck struck him on the other;
and ne was killed standing upright before
the eyes OF thousand Mortified people:
HIS head was crushed in like she'll The
truck driver hastily pulled back, and the
limp body of the unfortunate man tumbl0d
to the ground.
IS A daring outrage from the lower
Rio Grande country, is reported via Corpus
Christi, Texas. On the 18th Of September,
Juan Barrera, rich ranchman, while a
short distance from his home, situated
between Las Tederalis and La Gozalina,
was surrounded by five desperadoes and
robbed of 500. He was then taken across
the river into Mexico and there closely
guarded Barrera,s captors compelled him
to write to his family, notifying them that
unless they immediately raised and paid to
an individual named by the letter the sum of
Bis, 600 by Sept Is he would be shot. Upon
receipt of the letter, Barreras son promptly
paid the sum demanded.
A dispatch from Chattanooga, Tenn,
says, seventy five of the ninety counties in
the state gave II, $50 majority against the
ported counties will not alter much these
figures. The Prohibitionists concede their
defeat by about II, 900 majority. The pres
ldent OF the State Liquor Dealers associa-
ton has official and unofficial returns srom
all but twenty counties in the state. Es-
t1matlng these twenty counties, he figures
out net majority against the amendment
of 1913
A special from Muskegon, Mich,
says the residence of Frank A. How'd, was
partially destroyed by fire about 10 O'Clock
at night during the absence of Mrs. How'd,
VINO was alta temperance meeting Three
children, alter, Cora and Osborne, aged
eleven months, three and five years re-
spectively, were suffocated. It is supposed
that lamp which had been left burning,
exploded and set fire to the house. Neigh
bors discovered the blaze, but went to turn
in an alarm before entering the house not
knowing that the children we're there.
In a fight in Matagorda county,
Texas, between large mob of negroes and
posse Of whites under command of Capt.
Bates, four negroes were killed, including
Burton Hawkins, one of the leaders It is
not known how many were wounded The
whites lost two horses. The trouble arose
over the death of Jerry Massena, a colored
constable, who started out to arrest white
planter named Sanborn
At Baton Rouge, La, a motion in
arrest of judgment in the case Of William
A. Strong, ex-secretary Of the state, con-
v1cted OF embezzlement of state funds, was
overruled by Judge Burgess and Strong
was sentenced to two years at hard labor
in the penitentiary, and fined the sum of
S4,25O, which amount was ordered to be
restored to the state.
Something Of riot occurred at
Detroit Mich. Twenty-six street car
conductors and drivers were DISCHARGED
for being in combination to rob the com
pany OF fares The gang got intoxicated
and attack d conductors and drivers who
had taken their places, cut horses loose and
overturned cars. The police had to settle
the trouble.
Jacob Bupp, Of Woods Run, Ale
gheny Co. Pa, suburb of Pittsburg, has
the contract for making the ropes with
which to hang the condemned anarchists
MIR. Bupp has made the ropes used in every
execution in that county since 1S4O and
nearly every one that had been used in the
state.
An express train, while running at
thirty five miles an hour, ran into a buggy
crossing the track at Morgans station,
near Columbus, Ohio, the occupants, rwo
aged ladies. being instantly killed They
were Mrs. Susan Bell, widow residing in
the nelghborhood, and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. 3. W. Henderson, of Salem, Iowa.
At Millersburg, Ohio, Rev. Henry
Clemens, Methodist preacher, committed
suicide in horrible manner. He placed
the muzzle OF shot gun in his mouth and
discharged it with his foot, blowing off the
entire top of his head. Temporary insan-
lty was the cause.
The officers of the Grand lodge of
Odd-Fellows arrived at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and were entertained by officials
and citizens. The next annual session of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge is to be held
among the Angeles.
A passenger train on the Iron
Mountain railway ran into freight train
standing on side track near Walnut
Ridge, Mo. Both locomotives were
wrecked, but nobody was injured.
A man named Bunch, from Illinois,
lost his life in the burning of the steamer T.
B. Sims, near Memphis, Tennessee. The
boat and cargo were total loss.
IN THE EAST.
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